Apocalyptic, Apocalypse(s)

A style of crisis writing found in the Bible (and elsewhere) involving doom-laden revelations about major disasters or of the end of the world. The term comes from the Greek word apokalypsis, which means ‘revelation'. Apocalyptic writing was usually understood as involving some kind of heavenly vision, during which secrets would be revealed. The only two examples of apocalypses in the Bible would be the books of Daniel and Revelation, although some would say that there is also apocalyptic material in the books of Zechariah and Ezekiel. Among Catholics the book of Revelation is sometimes known as the Apocalypse.